Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron explained

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Native Name:	Kanji: 雲霧仁左衛門 Revhep: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Director:	Hideo Gosha
Starring:	Tatsuya Nakadai Junko Miyashita
Music:	Toshiaki Tsushima
Studio:	Shochiku
Runtime:	160 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha.^[1] Based on the novel Kumokiri Nizaemon written by Shōtarō Ikenami.^[2]

Cast

• Tatsuya Nakadai as Kumokiri Nizaemon
• Shima Iwashita as Chiyo
• Kōshirō Matsumoto as Shikubu Abe
• Takashi Yamaguchi as Tsugutomo Owari
• Isao Natsuyagi
• Hiroyuki Nagato
• Rinichi Yamamoto
• Kunie Tanaka
• Shingo Yamashiro
• Tatsuo Umemiya
• Takuzo Kawatani
• Hideo Takamatsu as Yamada Tobei
• Tappie Shimokawa as Jihei
• Tetsurō Tamba as Kichibei
• Keiko Matsuzaka as Shino
• Junko Miyashita as Menbiki Okyo
• Ryōhei Uchida as Yomohichi Chiaki
• Mitsuko Baishō as Omatsu
• Mikio Narita
• Go Kato

Production

• Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art direction

Reception

Jason Buchanan at AllMovie says that director Hideo Gosha makes a "triumphant return to the samurai genre with this plot twisting, nerve shredding tale",^[3] but critic Alexander Jacoby calls it "a bland chanbara".^[4]

Awards and nominations

21st Blue Ribbon Awards^[5]

• Won: Best Supporting Actress - Junko Miyashita

Other adaptation

• Kumokiri Nizaemon

Notes and References

1. Web site: 雲霧仁左門. kotobank. 27 December 2020.
2. Web site: デジタル大辞泉プラス「雲霧仁左衛門」の解説. kotobank. September 24, 2021.
3. Web site: Bandits Vs. Samurai Squadron (1978). AllRovi. 2012-11-26.
4. Book: Jacoby, Alexander. A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. 2008. Stone Bridge Press. Berkeley. 978-1-933330-53-2. 24.
5. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1978/. ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー. 2010-01-20. Japanese. Cinema Hochi. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003737/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1978/. 2012-02-19. dead.